Twenty-Second Air Force

Twenty-Second Air Force
Shield of the Twenty-Second Air Force
Active	18 February 1942 – 31 October 1946; 1 July 1948 – present (82 years, 4 months)[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Numbered Air Force
Role	Provide combat-ready reserve air forces[2]
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Headquarters	Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, U.S.
Engagements	World War II - American Theater[1]
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander	Maj Gen Melissa A. Coburn

Twenty-Second Air Force (22 AF) is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty-Second Air Force's subordinate units would come under the operational control (OPCON) of the Air Mobility Command's (AMC) 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, headquartered at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, while others would come under OPCON of Air Education and Training Command's 19th Air Force at Randolph AFB, Texas.^{[needs update]}